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Last Resort

Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043161
MRDS ID M061684
Record type Site
Current site name Last Resort
Related records 10249729

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.94474, 42.20733 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sterling Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Applegate(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039S 002W 04 E OF W Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • E 1/2 W 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.94474, 42.20733
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1941

Mining district

District name Upper Applegate

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Period 1941
    Material ORE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^6 Au, 1 Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 1wt-pct
    Ore Gold Gold 6wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F G AND OTHERS, 1956, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MEDFORD QUADRANGLE, OREGON-CALIFORNIA; USGS GEOL MAP GQ-89

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE GQ-89, 1956.

  • Production

    USBM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO REFERENCES FOUND FOR THIS MINE . WELLS (1956) SHOWS COUNTRY ROCK TO BE GRANODIORITE AND METAVOLCANICS.. WELLS (1956) SHOWS COUNTRY ROCK TO BE GRANODIORITE AND METAVOLCANICS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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